Eagle Butte Man Sentenced for Failure to Appear

PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Appear. The sentencing took place on January 23, 2023.

Cheyne Thompson, age 31, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release.  He was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. 

Thompson was indicted for Failure to Appear by a federal grand jury in July of 2020.  He pleaded guilty on October 5, 2022.

Thompson was convicted in 2012 in U.S. District Court for Second Degree Burglary. Following his release from prison, he was on supervised release with the U.S. Probation Office.  On July 1, 2019, a Petition to Revoke Supervised Release was filed, alleging that Thompson violated the terms and conditions of his supervised release. Following his arrest on the Petition on August 23, 2019, Thompson was detained until November 13, 2019, when he was released to attend treatment.  Following his release, Thompson absconded and failed to attend his sentencing hearing on January 13, 2020. Thompson's whereabouts remained unknown until he was arrested approximately two years later on February 16, 2022.      

This case was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Miller prosecuted the case.

Thompson was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.